Over 35s vaccine

[Bluesycamore]

Does anybody know if/when this is starting in Scotland? Have done a fair bit of searching but can’t find any info on it but know it’s open for booking in England.

If that was happening here, I’d think so! I have a friend in Edinburgh who is early 30s and has had hers, but it was because of asthma.

Other than that, I don’t know if anyone below 39 having had an appointment. And being densely populated doesn’t seem to help.
It does look like forth valley is doing pretty well!

I called the vaccination number after getting a ‘no appointment yet’ via the form. The woman told me the same and that she could see my details, so I was to call again in a couple of days. I read on Paul sweeneys Twitter post a similar comment. Someone who works for the helpline said that if your details are in the system, then your appointment should be updated soon 🤷‍♀️

We are in the 40 to 44 bracket in Edinburgh and our original appointments were Thursday next week. Most 40 somethings I know haven't been vaccinated yet in Edinburgh. So how they can be booking people in their early 30s for next week is a mystery to me.

Same @Callisto1 I've not t heard of anyone under 40 in the lothians having an appointment yet (apart from those who got it through work or underlying health conditions). Most of the 40-44 group are only going from this week.

I'm in Lothian and got mine today. I'm 40. Loads of people I know are this week with ages from 37-43.

I’m almost 35 (in June) and in Lothians and my appointment is on Monday. Like others I used the missing appointment form and got the information that way. Haven’t had a letter yet.

Wow are you younger folk Edinburgh or “the lothians”?

I’m in West Lothian, being vaccinated at RHS

I wonder if the need to get over 18s in certain Glasgow postcodes vaccinated asap holding up other areas?

I don't think so @ssd. Our appointment has been in the system for over 2 weeks now. Some health boards are just slow. I'd say perhaps Edinburgh is extra slow

I'm in Edinburgh and 37, I used the link in this thread and was told my appointment is on the 24th! I wasn't expecting to get such an early date.

Lothian, 44, nada!

Oh just this evening NHS Borders have announced they’re moving onto 30-39 and letters going out this week. Although appointment can’t be scheduled yet as I tried via the missing appointment link and it came back with nothing.

NHS Grampian has caught up a lot and been quick at the smaller vaccination centres. Think the one in Aberdeen is a bit slower.

30-39 year old letters were received for this week/going into next week.

There’s clearly not much logic to this then @MusicCrayon because mine is the 24th and I’m a number form of years older than you and I know friends and colleagues well in their 40’s who have later appointments or only just being done. I wonder if it depends on your GP practice or locality? There did seem to be a postcode theme going on a while ago where half the street was at consecutive appointments.

I got my blue envelope this morning!

@emmathedilemma I'm not sure there's much logic to it at all! My partner, who's a year younger than me and lives at the same address, same GP practice, etc, has her appointment scheduled for the start of June. Mine isn't in the system yet.

I do wonder if it's done by postcode too, when my friend attended her appointment yesterday, she knew lots of people from the surrounding streets! Very odd.

My letter has finally arrived today for appointment on Monday. Glad I had it in the diary already and have been able to plan my week around potentially feeling awful afterwards!

I'm NHS Tayside and got my letter today.

Any word yet @Bluesycamore. Our 41yo neighbour got his first one today (very west borders area so smallish population) , though strangely other mid 40s friends still heard nothing.

@TheCanyon nothing yet, I’m starting to wonder if it’s postcode based as well as seems a lot of people in the area were all called for the same day although that doesn’t tie up with what you’re seeing

What area roughly are you? We're peebleshire. Seems to be a lot of messing about according to the folk on the bgh fb page. They had done so well, it seems to have completely stalled. It's been nearly 4 weeks since I got my vulnerable household contact letter and phoned to make an appointment, still no letter through with dates though, glad I saw that missing letter page on here.

My DDs who are 30 and 31 and live in Edinburgh both have appointments for their first dose - one next week and one June 2nd.

A wee update here, I finally got my letter along with the previous resident of the house (31), dhs workmate got his too (33). So seems we're onto the 30+ group but still my best friend (41) not had one?

@TheCanyon - at this stage your friend should call the helpline. I called as I was missing an appointment and they generated one for me over the phone.